A new survey by WalletHub rates the safest states across America with variables ranging from crime and health to extreme weather, awarding Vermont first place among the safest places to live in the US.
In fact, the entire Northeast was well represented with three top slots and over half of the top ten states, whereas southern states like Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana ranked last as the least safe regions of the United States, Realtor reports.
In its Safest States in America report for 2021, the personal finance site ranked all 50 states on 55 different metrics measuring safety. These variables ranged from crime to health (including COVID-19 vaccination and death rates), finances (such as poverty and unemployment) to levels of bullying in schools. It even threw in road dangers (e.g., DUIs and vehicle fatalities per capita) and, last but not least, extreme weather (including the number of climate disasters and how prepared states are to aid its residents).
Taking all that and more into account, researchers found that the safest state of all is pretty little Vermont. In particular, the Green Mountain State was found to excel in terms of its excellent roads, and the number of residents who’ve received the COVID-19 vaccine.
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